E6850 for £178

[Yellowhello]

Originally Posted by qazwsx

I think its 667mhz ram is the min u should get for it. (1333mhz=333mhz quad pumped)

667mhz might be a little on the slow side (bandwidth issues). 800mhz is pretty much what you should be looking for if you were to buy today. DDR2 is going for dirt cheap now a days and you should really have a look at that Crucial kit I linked to.

[gvblake22]

Originally Posted by qazwsx

I think its 667mhz ram is the min u should get for it. (1333mhz=333mhz quad pumped)

You are correct sir. The Intel FSB's are "Quad-Pumped", so it is four times as fast as the actual effective speed. A 1333MHz divided by 4 yields a 333MHz FSB, which is the minimum RAM speed you should get so the RAM does not run slower than the FSB. You can get faster RAM like DDR2-800, but you won't want to get anything less than DDR2-667. I would also suggest getting DDR2-800 as the prices are very reasonable, it is very compatable and friendly to most all motherboards, provides great performance, and a reasonable amount of overclocking headroom.

Originally Posted by yellowhello

No, you don't have to get 1333 Ram. Some 800MHz ram should do the trick.......

Newegg.com - Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail

This is a great RAM kit at an awesome price, good call Yellow

[halutzparilla]

wow could someone tell me when is the price drop??? ... i'm planning for a e6850, DS3R, PC9200, 8800gts. then a second rig of e6600, DS3, xms2, ati x1600....
cant wait to get back to work to earn some money...

[Yellowhello]

The price drop is july 22nd.

[qazwsx]

arrrrggg im sick of you over in the usa getting all the good ram ;). cant seem to get that crucial ballistix ram here, and if you can find it its even more expencive.

the 2gb kit I was looking at is just a normal corsair 800mhz 4-4-4-12 it costs £88 ($176) and at newegg costs $131

[Yellowhello]

Originally Posted by qazwsx

arrrrggg im sick of you over in the usa getting all the good ram ;). cant seem to get that crucial ballistix ram here, and if you can find it its even more expencive.

the 2gb kit I was looking at is just a normal corsair 800mhz 4-4-4-12 it costs £88 ($176) and at newegg costs $131

Wow, man, thats quite a bit more money on that corsair kit. How do you guys manage?

[gvblake22]

Bummer qazwsx... :dontknow:
If it makes you feel any better, that Corsair kit is a great product too

[Bokranator]

hi people, yes that crucial is alot of money but for those of you looking for cheap decent ram sets in britain head to www.aria.com :) and yup im getting the crucial ddr2 800 balistix set they are known for their solid performance. btw can any one explain what the memory dividers on a mobo mean? i.e. 2:3 or 1:1.

[gvblake22]

Originally Posted by Bokranator

btw can any one explain what the memory dividers on a mobo mean? i.e. 2:3 or 1:1.

These values tell your system how fast to run your RAM compared to the FSB of the system. The 1:1 setting will run your RAM at the same speed of your FSB. So if you had an E6600 processor with the 1066MHz "quad-pumped" FSB, your effective FSB speed is actually 266MHz. With a 1:1 setting, your RAM would also run at 266MHz (or DDR2-533 speed). The other FSB:RAM ratios create different RAM speeds. The 2:3 for example means the RAM will run at 3MHz for every 2MHz of FSB (or 1.5 times as fast as the FSB). So setting the FSB:RAM ratio to 2:3 on your E6600 machine will make the RAM run at about 400MHz (or DDR2-800 speed) because 266 x 1.5 = 400.

Just remember also that these ratios still hold true under overclocking conditions as well. So if you increase your FSB from the stock 266MHz to 275MHz with a 2:3 ratio, your RAM will also increase in speed to about 412MHz.

[qazwsx]

yeah aria's one of my faves. the first order I had with them had a big problem and it took about 1-2 weeks to get it sorted, the problem was the dvd rom drive was out of stock but marked as in stock. they gave me a dvd rw for no extra cost for all the trouble